Haier Announces a New Line of Android TV Powered Smart TVs

For the second time today we have an announcement of a new Android TV powered smart TVs this time from Haier.

At this time Haier didn’t announce pricing for their new Android TV powered smart TVs, but did note that the new line of TVs will include models that support 4K resolution and integration of the Google’s digital assistant technology.

“Haier is expanding on the success of Haier Chromecast built in televisions, by taking the next step and enhancing our partnership with Google on a global basis,” John Homlish, president of Haier America’s Digital Products Group, said in a statement.

Haier had previously made TVs powered with the Roku TV OS and is now coming back to the US markets with their Android TV powered smart TVs. Haier did not comment on if they plan to bring back any Roku TV OS models to the US market.

At this time Haier did not release any further details but did say that they plan to show off some of their new Android TV powered TV at CES. We will be keeping our eyes open for them on the show floor and will post again if we learn more.

Hopefully, these new Android TV manufactures will mark the start of a great year for Android TV.

‘Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is license free (actually even that have GPL Licence) but Android with Google Play is not license free. Manufactures have to sign GMS and MADA contract with Google and in case of ‘Android TV’ the contract is even more strict, manufacture have to have certain number of DRM to install Android TV in their device.

Android isn’t really a problem for phones that stay up on the latest OS and users stick to Google’s app store. It’s possible Haier won’t keep the OS up to date but this is a challenge for all SmartTVs after the first year. Roku seems to be supporting TVs longer than other SmartTVs but any wifi enabled TV that no longer gets updates becomes a security risk, and very few update more than a year.

Best to stay away from SmartTVs and use streaming devices, then replace device when it no longer gets updates.

“To make Android work on their hardware, device manufacturers (like
Samsung, HTC, or Motorola) must write Android device drivers
specifically for their phones. These are often closed-source, so they
can only be updated by said manufacturer. Google can’t just release a
new version of Android that works on all devices—they release the new
version, then manufacturers have to go in and tweak it for each of their
phones.”

Nvidia alo announced they are partnering with Acer, Asus, HP to make Android TV powered 65 inch gaming monitors.

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